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Fossils

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    Questions about fossils.
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  • A group of living things that is no longer living.
    Fossil
    Extinct
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  • The hardened remains of living thing that died long ago.
    Extinct
    Fossil
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  • Why are there more animal fossils than plant fossils?
    Plants are smaller than animals.
    There were more ancient animals than ancient plants.
    Animals eat plants.
    Plants have softer body parts than animals.
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  • Which type of fossil would look like an actual body part of a once-living thing?
    a cast
    a footprint
    a trace
    a mineral
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  • Which is an imprint fossil?
    a cast
    bone
    Petrified wood
    an animal track
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  • In which type of rock are most fossils found?
    sedimentary
    metamorphic
    igneous
    volcanic
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  • A fossil animal has a mouth full of sharp, pointed teeth. What can you infer about the animal?
    The animal is closely related to a shark.
    The animal ate fruits and vegetables.
    The animal did not live on land.
    The animal ate meat.
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  • If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?
    that water once covered the area
    what kind of animal ate this fish
    what fish were like today
    that this fish lacked oxygen
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  • Which term describes this fossil?
    mold
    bone
    cast
    amber
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  • How are an elephant and a mammoth alike?
    both live in a warm climate
    both are extinct
    both have thick, shaggy fur
    both have tusks
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  • Which sentence is TRUE?
    Fossils show that the coelacanth fish has changed.
    All once-living organisms left behind fossils.
    Some living things have not changed in millions of years.
    Fossils show that camels have not changed.
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  • Which of these must happen first for a fossil to form?
    A plant or animal is covered by sediment.
    A plant of animal is eaten.
    Sediments are pressed together and hardened.
    Sediments fill a mold and form a cast.
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  • Why don't we know what many ancient plants looked like?
    Minerals destroyed them.
    They rotted away.
    Animals ate them all.
    They were trapped in tar.
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  • Which animal is extinct?
    saber-toothed cat
    elephant
    camel
    rhinoceros
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  • What replaces the wood of a once-living tree to form petrified wood?
    a cast
    amber
    a mold
    minerals
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  • why are there many fossil imprints of ferns?
    Ferns were larger than other ancient plants.
    Ferns have changed little over time.
    Fern parts are hard like bone.
    Once, most plants on Earth were ferns.
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